Catalytic Transformations of Biomass-Derived Materials into Value-Added Chemicals

Levulinic acid esterification with ethanol to ethyl levulinate production over solid acid catalysts

(2012) D.R. Fernandes et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Aqueous-phase dehydration of xylose to furfural in the presence of MCM-22 and ITQ-2 solid acid catalysts

(2012) Margarida M. Antunes et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Synergistic conversion of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in ionic liquid–water mixtures

(2012) Xinhua Qi et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

One-Pot Synthesis of Furans from Various Saccharides Using a Combination of Solid Acid and Base Catalysts

(2012) Jaya Tuteja et al.   BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Selective dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by mesoporous SBA-15-SO3H in ionic liquid BmimCl

(2012) Xingcui Guo et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Thiol-promoted catalytic synthesis of diphenolic acid with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

(2012) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Highly Efficient Aqueous Oxidation of Furfural to Succinic Acid Using Reusable Heterogeneous Acid Catalyst with Hydrogen Peroxide

(2012) Hemant Choudhary et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Conversion of Hemicellulose to Furfural and Levulinic Acid using Biphasic Reactors with Alkylphenol Solvents

(2012) Elif I. Gürbüz et al.   ChemSusChem

Experimental and theoretical studies of the acid-catalyzed conversion of furfuryl alcohol to levulinic acid in aqueous solution

(2012) Gretchen M. González Maldonado et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Catalyst Screening for the Production of Furfural from Corncob Pyrolysis

(2012) C. Branca et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

One-Pot Synthesis of 5-(Ethoxymethyl)furfural from Glucose Using Sn-BEA and Amberlyst Catalysts

(2012) Christopher M. Lew et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

The effect of solvent addition on fructose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in biphasic system over zeolites

(2012) V.V. Ordomsky et al.   JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS

Synthesis of levulinic acid from fructose using Amberlyst-15 as a solid acid catalyst

(2012) Pham Anh Son et al.   Reaction Kinetics Mechanisms and Catalysis

Hydrochloric acid-catalyzed levulinic acid formation from cellulose: data and kinetic model to maximize yields

(2011) Jiacheng Shen et al.   AICHE JOURNAL

Selective Deoxygenation of Epoxides to Alkenes with Molecular Hydrogen Using a Hydrotalcite-Supported Gold Catalyst: A Concerted Effect between Gold Nanoparticles and Basic Sites on a Support

(2011) Akifumi Noujima et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Caprolactam from Renewable Resources: Catalytic Conversion of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural into Caprolactone

(2011) Teddy Buntara et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Microwave assisted rapid conversion of carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles

(2011) Saikat Dutta et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Dehydration of xylose over sulfated tin oxide catalyst: Influences of the preparation conditions on the structural properties and catalytic performance

(2011) Takeshi Suzuki et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Pore size tuning of functionalized SBA-15 catalysts for the selective production of furfural from xylose

(2011) I. Agirrezabal-Telleria et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL

Catalytic conversion of xylose to furfural over the solid acid /ZrO2–Al2O3/SBA-15 catalysts

(2011) Xuejun Shi et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Synthesis of maleic acid from renewable resources: Catalytic oxidation of furfural in liquid media with dioxygen

(2011) Song Shi et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

A One-Pot Two-Step Approach for the Catalytic Conversion of Glucose into 2,5-Diformylfuran

(2011) Xi Xiang et al.   CATALYSIS LETTERS

Tantalum compounds as heterogeneous catalysts for saccharide dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

(2011) Fengli Yang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Tin–Tungsten Mixed Oxide as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Conversion of Saccharides to Furan Derivatives

(2011) Kazuya Yamaguchi et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Molecular Aspects of Glucose Dehydration by Chromium Chlorides in Ionic Liquids

(2011) Yanmei Zhang et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Cover Picture: Catalytic Oxy-Functionalization of Methane and Other Hydrocarbons: Fundamental Advancements and New Strategies (ChemSusChem 1/2011)

(2011) Joanna R. Webb et al.   ChemSusChem

Direct Catalytic Synthesis of 5-Methylfurfural from Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates

(2011) Weiran Yang et al.   ChemSusChem

Production of Biofuels from Cellulose and Corn Stover Using Alkylphenol Solvents

(2011) David Martin Alonso et al.   ChemSusChem

Synthesis of Furfural from Xylose by Heterogeneous and Reusable Nafion Catalysts

(2011) Edmond Lam et al.   ChemSusChem

Reactive Extraction of Levulinate Esters and Conversion to γ-Valerolactone for Production of Liquid Fuels

(2011) Elif I. Gürbüz et al.   ChemSusChem

Efficient Conversion of Furfuryl Alcohol into Alkyl Levulinates Catalyzed by an Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solid Acid Catalyst

(2011) Zehui Zhang et al.   ChemSusChem

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Pyrrolidines by Reductive Amination

(2011) Yao-Bing Huang et al.   ChemSusChem

Biorefining: Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions of Carbohydrates for the Production of Furfural and Hydroxymethylfurfural

(2011) Reetta Karinen et al.   ChemSusChem

Hydrolysis of biomass by magnetic solid acid

(2011) Da-ming Lai et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Catalytic production of levulinic acid from cellulose and other biomass-derived carbohydrates with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

(2011) Stijn Van de Vyver et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Rhodium-grafted hydrotalcite catalyst for heterogeneous 1,4-addition reaction of organoboron reagents to electron deficient olefins

(2011) Ken Motokura et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Hydrotalcite-supported gold-nanoparticle-catalyzed highly efficient base-free aqueous oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid under atmospheric oxygen pressure

(2011) Navneet Kumar Gupta et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as a building block platform: Biological properties, synthesis and synthetic applications

(2011) Andreia A. Rosatella et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Thermal Decomposition of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-furaldehyde (HMF) and Its Further Transformations in the Presence of Glycine

(2011) Plamen Y. Nikolov et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Self-assembly of mesoporous TiO2 nanospheres via aspartic acid templating pathway and its catalytic application for 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural synthesis

(2011) Sudipta De et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Renewable Furfural with Phosphomolybdic Acid Catalyst: an Alternative Route to Maleic Acid

(2011) Huajun Guo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Nb2O5·nH2O as a Heterogeneous Catalyst with Water-Tolerant Lewis Acid Sites

(2011) Kiyotaka Nakajima et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fabrication of sulfonic acid modified mesoporous silica shells and their catalytic performance with dehydration reaction of d-xylose into furfural

(2011) Gyoung Hwa Jeong et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Effect of NaCl on the conversion of cellulose to glucose and levulinic acid via solid supported acid catalysis

(2011) Joshua Potvin et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Conversion of d-glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) using zeolite in [Bmim]Cl or tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC)/CrCl2

(2011) Harishandra Jadhav et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

One-Pot Synthesis of 2,5-Diformylfuran from Carbohydrate Derivatives by Sulfonated Resin and Hydrotalcite-Supported Ruthenium Catalysts

(2011) Atsushi Takagaki et al.   ACS Catalysis

Xylose Isomerization to Xylulose and its Dehydration to Furfural in Aqueous Media

(2011) Vinit Choudhary et al.   ACS Catalysis

Acid-Functionalized SBA-15-Type Silica Catalysts for Carbohydrate Dehydration

(2011) Anthony J. Crisci et al.   ACS Catalysis

“One-Pot” Synthesis of 5-(Hydroxymethyl)furfural from Carbohydrates using Tin-Beta Zeolite

(2011) Eranda Nikolla et al.   ACS Catalysis

Activation of Carbonyl-Containing Molecules with Solid Lewis Acids in Aqueous Media

(2011) Yuriy Román-Leshkov et al.   ACS Catalysis

Cover Picture: Light-Driven Transport of a Molecular Walker in Either Direction along a Molecular Track (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2011)

(2010) Michael J. Barrell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Glucose Activation by Transient Cr2+Dimers

(2010) Evgeny A. Pidko et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Valeric Biofuels: A Platform of Cellulosic Transportation Fuels

(2010) Jean-Paul Lange et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Supported Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Catalytic Deoxygenation of Epoxides into Alkenes

(2010) Takato Mitsudome et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanism of Glucose Isomerization Using a Solid Lewis Acid Catalyst in Water

(2010) Yuriy Román-Leshkov et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Biomass into chemicals: Conversion of sugars to furan derivatives by catalytic processes

(2010) Xinli Tong et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Syntheses of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and levoglucosan by selective dehydration of glucose using solid acid and base catalysts

(2010) Mika Ohara et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Chemical Synthesis of Fully Biomass-Based Poly(butylene succinate) from Inedible-Biomass-Based Furfural and Evaluation of Its Biomass Carbon Ratio

(2010) Yuya Tachibana et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Production of levulinic acid from steam exploded rice straw via solid superacid, S2O82-/ZrO2–SiO2–Sm2O3

(2010) Hongzhang Chen et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose catalyzed by hydroxyapatite supported chromium chloride

(2010) Zehui Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Conversion of biomass into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using solid acid catalyst

(2010) Fengli Yang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Ionic Liquid-Mediated Formation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural—A Promising Biomass-Derived Building Block

(2010) Małgorzata E. Zakrzewska et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Phosphotungstic Acid Encapsulated in Metal-Organic Framework as Catalysts for Carbohydrate Dehydration to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

(2010) Yanmei Zhang et al.   ChemSusChem

Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Formic Acid into γ-Valerolactone over Heterogeneous Catalysts

(2010) Li Deng et al.   ChemSusChem

Comment on Processes for the Direct Conversion of Cellulose or Cellulosic Biomass into Levulinate Esters

(2010) Mark Mascal et al.   ChemSusChem

Efficient Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Diformylfuran, and Synthesis of a Fluorescent Material

(2010) Jiping Ma et al.   ChemSusChem

Catalytic Conversion of Carbohydrates into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural by Germanium(IV) Chloride in Ionic Liquids

(2010) Zehui Zhang et al.   ChemSusChem

Towards the conversion of carbohydrate biomass feedstocks to biofuels via hydroxylmethylfurfural

(2010) Olusola O. James et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Mechanistic insights on the conversion of sugars into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

(2010) Joseph B. Binder et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and dialkyl carbonates using hydrotalcite as a reusable heterogeneous base catalyst

(2010) Atsushi Takagaki et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

A two-step approach for the catalytic conversion of glucose to 2,5-dimethylfuran in ionic liquids

(2010) Mandan Chidambaram et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Hydrogenation of Maleic Anhydride to Succinic Anhydride over Ni/HY-Al2O3

(2010) Jie Li et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Levulinic Acid by Metal Chlorides

(2010) Lincai Peng et al.   MOLECULES

Integrated Catalytic Conversion of  -Valerolactone to Liquid Alkenes for Transportation Fuels

(2010) J. Q. Bond et al.   SCIENCE

Conversion of cellulose to glucose and levulinic acid via solid-supported acid catalysis

(2010) Jessica Hegner et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Catalytic Conversion of Biomass-Derived Carbohydrates into γ-Valerolactone without Using an External H2Supply

(2009) Li Deng et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Single-step conversion of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a versatile platform chemical

(2009) Yu Su et al.   APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL

Recovery of succinic acid from fermentation broth

(2009) Tanja Kurzrock et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Sulfated zirconia as a solid acid catalyst for the dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

(2009) Xinhua Qi et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced production of hydroxymethylfurfural from fructose with solid acid catalysts by simple water removal methods

(2009) Ken-ichi Shimizu et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic conversion of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural over SO42−/ZrO2 and SO42−/ZrO2–Al2O3 solid acid catalysts

(2009) Hongpeng Yan et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

A one-pot reaction for biorefinery: combination of solid acid and base catalysts for direct production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from saccharides

(2009) Atsushi Takagaki et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Glucose to Value-added Chemicals: Anhydroglucose Formation by Selective Dehydration over Solid Acid Catalysts

(2009) Atsushi Takagaki et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Conversion of Furfuryl Alcohol into Ethyl Levulinate using Solid Acid Catalysts

(2009) Jean-Paul Lange et al.   ChemSusChem

Gold-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Water at Ambient Temperature

(2009) Yury Y. Gorbanev et al.   ChemSusChem

Biomass into Chemicals: Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furfural into 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid with Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts

(2009) Onofre Casanova et al.   ChemSusChem

Efficient Catalytic Conversion of Fructose into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Ionic Liquids at Room Temperature

(2009) Xinhua Qi et al.   ChemSusChem

Efficient conversion of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural catalyzed by a common Lewis acid SnCl4 in an ionic liquid

(2009) Suqin Hu et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Efficient process for conversion of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with ionic liquids

(2009) Xinhua Qi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Ether Formation in the Hydrogenolysis of Hydroxymethylfurfural over Palladium Catalysts in Alcoholic Solution

(2009) Leendert Maat et al.   HETEROCYCLES

Layered Materials with Coexisting Acidic and Basic Sites for Catalytic One-Pot Reaction Sequences

(2009) Ken Motokura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Simple Chemical Transformation of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Furans for Fuels and Chemicals

(2009) Joseph B. Binder et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Chemicals from Biomass: Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethyl-2-Furaldehyde into Diformylfurane Catalyzed by Immobilized Vanadyl-Pyridine Complexes on Polymeric and Organofunctionalized Mesoporous Supports

(2009) Onofre Casanova Navarro et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Solvent Effects on Fructose Dehydration to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in Biphasic Systems Saturated with Inorganic Salts

(2009) Yuriy Román-Leshkov et al.   TOPICS IN CATALYSIS

Feasibility of production methods for succinic acid derivatives: a marriage of renewable resources and chemical technology

(2008) Ana Cukalovic et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Experimental and kinetic modelling studies on the acid-catalysed hydrolysis of the water hyacinth plant to levulinic acid

(2008) B. Girisuta et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Dehydration of d-xylose into furfural catalysed by solid acids derived from the layered zeolite Nu-6(1)

(2008) S LIMA et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Succinic Acid: A New Platform Chemical for Biobased Polymers from Renewable Resources

(2008) I. Bechthold et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Renewable resources based polymers: Synthesis and characterization of 2,5-diformylfuran–urea resin

(2008) Ananda S. Amarasekara et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Catalytic dehydration of fructose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by ion-exchange resin in mixed-aqueous system by microwave heating

(2008) Xinhua Qi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Succinic acid from renewable resources as a C4building-block chemical—a review of the catalytic possibilities in aqueous media

(2008) Clara Delhomme et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Selective Conversion ofD-Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural by Ion-Exchange Resin in Acetone/Dimethyl sulfoxide Solvent Mixtures

(2008) Xinhua Qi et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Kinetic Modeling of Immobilized Lipase Catalysis in Synthesis ofn-Butyl Levulinate†

(2008) Ganapati D. Yadav et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Catalytic synthesis of diphenolic acid from levulinic acid over cesium partly substituted Wells–Dawson type heteropolyacid

(2008) Xiaodan Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

One-Pot Multi-Component Asymmetric Cascade Reactions Catalyzed by Soluble Star Polymers with Highly Branched Non-Interpenetrating Catalytic Cores

(2008) Yonggui Chi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Efficient oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran using Mn(III)–salen catalysts

(2007) Ananda S. Amarasekara et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS